InDesign masterclass & Adobe certified
Course dates
Remote
- 27 February–03 March 2023
- 27–31 March 2023
- 15–19 May 2023
- 12–16 June 2023
- 17–21 July 2023
London
- 15–19 May 2023
- 12–16 June 2023
- 17–21 July 2023
Overview
This InDesign training course has been designed for those that are new or have little InDesign experience, but want to push themselves to work at an advanced level, whilst also achieving Adobe certification.
You’ll begin by walking through the the InDesign interface, before learning how to design documents, work with layers, images, libraries and text. You’ll then progress to the advanced features like anchored objects, data merge and tables, all before sitting the certification exam on the final day of training.
This course will be delivered through our Accelerated learning approach, allowing you to learn more information, easier and more efficiently than standard training approaches.
Our Adobe certified training team will be with you all the way, helping you go from a beginner to an Adobe certified professional. Afterwards you can publicise your accreditation with Adobe digital badges which provide a standardised certification outcome.
Target Audience
This course is for designers, marketers, developers or anyone looking to learn and become accredited in InDesign, the industry leading layout and page design software.
Upon completion, you'll be able to:
- Feel comfortable navigating the InDesign interface and understand both the core and specialist features
- Design a variety of marketing materials for print, web and mobile
- Use layers, paragraph styles, frames and more will become second nature
- Take advantage of the core features that enhance productivity, managing data and more
- Import data, create data sets, merge data and more
- Master the use of layers, including how to create sub layers, locking layers and duplicating layers
- Comfortably work with PDF export standards, colour transformations, registration marks and trim and bleed
- Complete the certification exam and become an Adobe certified professional
Accelerated learning
Our Accelerated learning approach at Certitec is unique within the Adobe training industry. Our focus is not on what you learn, but how you learn. Referred to as ‘Accelerated Learning’, this process allows you to digest a significant amount of information more quickly, and more easily than through other methods.
- Establish a firm understanding on the learning process before embarking
- Overcoming any learned helplessness by reframing what will be learnt upon completion
- Sessions no longer than 60 minutes each to maximise how we learn
- The use of course workbooks to strengthen memory retention (classroom)
- Finding a balance between new and recap learning
- Kinaesthetic (‘hands-on’) techniques
- Video of entire course upon completion (remote)
Find out more about our Accelerated learning process.
Outline
What to expect from this course
The first two days of training cover the starter features within InDesign, so you'll begin by familiarising yourself with the InDesign interface, before learning how to design documents, format with paragraph styles, work with layers and more. Days three and four focus on the advanced features within InDesign and you'll work with layers, PDF export standards, anchored objects and more. Day five will be focused on the certification exam with the first half of the day dedicated to exam preparation, before sitting the exam.
You’ll leave the training course with an advanced set of InDesign skills. You'll be able to professionally design brochures, posters, magazines and more, for print, mobile and web. You'll even achieve Adobe certified status that further promotes your skill level.
Day one – Laying down a firm InDesign foundation
Introduction to the workspace
- Main menu bar
- Workspaces
- Control panel
- Tool panel
- Panels - pages, layers and links
- Strokes and swatches
- Document status
- Page navigation, preflight profile and preflight menu
Designing documents
- Creating a new document
- Print, mobile or web
- Number of pages
- Facing pages
- Columns
- Margins
- Bleed and slug
- What type of document - intent
- Setting up for print
- Setting for web
- Setting for mobile
- Adding colours
- Rgb and cmyk
Working with frames
- What are frames?
- The types of frames - text, graphic and unassigned
- Creating text frames
- Creating graphic frames
- Creating unassigned frames
- Working with frames
- Creating text wrap
Using type and styles
- Selecting type
- Creating type frames
- Selecting type
- Insert place holder
- Placeholder text
- Formatting type
- Paragraph styles
- Character styles
- Import styles from another InDesign document
- Introduction to CC libraries
Working with graphics
- Placing graphics into InDesign
- Basic placement methods
- Raster images (pixel based)
- Vector images (mathamatically based)
- Linked graphics
- Embed graphics
- Images for print
- Images for screen/web
- Positioning and resizing
- Autofit graphics into an existing frame
- Change size and position within a frame
- Changing frame sizes
- Transparency
Day two – Building on that foundation
Creating a multi page document
- Create a new document
- Margins and columns
- For printed output
- For PDF production
- For delivery on the web or mobile devices
- Page sizes
- Orientation - landscape or portrait
- Page format
- Facing or non-facing
- Bleed and slug
- Master pages
- Repeating content
- Automatic page numbering
Working with layers
- Why use layers
- Locking layers
- Creating layers
- Layers panel
- Moving content to different layers
- Hide layer
- Lock layers
Working with threaded text
- Importing text
- Formats of text
- Copy and paste text
- Import Microsoft Word text without style sheets
- Import Microsoft Word text with style sheets
- Placeholder text
- Overset text
- Threading text
- Threading options
Links and output
- Linking graphics
- re-linking graphics
- Links panel
- Preflight panel
- PDF for email and web
- PDF/X-1a
- PDF for print
- Create profiles for different printers
Day three – Developing knowledge – building on what we know
Managing your workspace
- Advanced zooming and navigation
- Advanced view options
- Focus selection for formatting
- Changing tools (without changing)
Layers
- Why use layers
- Sub Layers
- Locking layers
- Duplicating layers
- Moving Objects between
Grids - multiple frames
- Creating grid layouts
- Creating multiple frames
- Adding multiples images
- Using graphic styles
Frame fitting options
- Using content aware- fit options
- Default frame fitting
- Manual frame fitting
- Applying frame fitting
- Linking frames to object styles
Anchored objects
- Inline objects
- Anchoring object options
- Setting the anchor
- Applying an object style
Next styles
- Logic of next styles
- Using next styles
- Applying next styles
Nested styles
- Logic of next styles
- Using next styles
- Applying next styles
Tables of Content
- Using table of contents
- Creating a table of contents style
- Editing a table of contents
Day four – Refining and utilising your new skills
Tables of Data
- Importing data
- Creating a table
- Modifying a table
- Formatting a table
Table and cell styles
- Creating cell styles
- Creating table styles
- Applying table styles
- Style tips and tricks
Fixing formatting
- Using advanced find/change
- Using scripts to perform GREP
- Understanding logic of queries
Spot colours
- Create new pantone swatches
- Spot or process considerations
Live preflight
- Live preflight
- Defining profiles
- Importing and exporting
- Embedding profiles
PDF export standards
- PDF/X ISO standards
- Colour transformations
- Registration marks
- Trim and bleed
Data merge
- Creating a data set
- Formatting data merge
- Merging data
- Formatting options
Day five – Adobe Certification day
The final day of your course will be focused on the official Adobe InDesign exam objectives.
Start 9.30am - Finish 3.30pm.
- AM is preparation and practice exam
- PM is undertaking the certification exam
You will undertake a practice exam just before lunch, then undertake the certification exam in the afternoon.
Should you not pass the first time, you can retake the exam for no charge when the course runs again in our schedule.
Classroom trainint
Advantages of classroom training
Classroom training has many advantages over other formats of training since in-person interaction and communication plays an extremely important part to absorbing information.
Classroom training allows you to get trained in a safe, quiet, clean environment, away from the noise and pressures of the office or home. The classroom environment provides the important “human touch,” which is often missing in technology-based training.
You can’t beat real life interaction when asking important questions and receiving immediate feedback.
Other benefits of classroom training include:
- Group interaction. People learn from one another as well as from the trainer
- Training groups can be large or small
- Classroom training also teaches us how to interact with one another in a professional, productive, cooperative way, which is something that other forms of training often don’t provide
Remote training
Advantages of remote training
Remote training introduces a virtually no-limits training option since it's extremely flexible. You can attend a remote training session anywhere in the world and has become increasingly popular over the last few years.
Remote training plays itself into your hands and you can harness technology to enable you to use traditional computers, tablets and even phones for complete flexibility.
You can see your trainer (webcam) and they will take you through the training session like you're actually attending a classroom training event.
Other benefits of remote training include:
- No travel to the classroom - you can attend remote training in your pj's if you wish!
- Training groups can be large or small and even split over multiple locations and even multiple countries at the same time
- You have the ability to interact with your trainer by talking, electronically raising your hand and even allow for them to see your screen (if you authorise)
- All remote training sessions are recorded - so you can play-back at anytime in the future and enhance your learning experience
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Discounts for self funders and charities
You will save 15% off the course price if you’re a non-business delegate and includes the following:
- Self funding individual
- Charity
- Student
- Educational establishment
With the option to split the cost of your 5 day Adobe certified training course, our Flexipay payment plan allows you to develop your skills, without breaking the bank.
After your course, we don’t leave you high-and-dry. Our technical support is provided for a lifetime.
When it comes to classroom training - our training facility computers are better and faster than ever.
All our modern 27-inch computers have faster processors, expanded memory, larger storage and enhanced audio and video capabilities for an even better experience in the classroom.
We understand that before booking your course, knowing that you can have a free course refresher gives you that added insurance.
Located in the heart of London's West end ... our training facility at 60 St. Martin's Lane ensures the location is as exciting as our training!
We provide healthy snacks (high quality dark chocolate, walnuts, fresh fruit) and coffee, all of which have been suggested to improve focus in the sessions.
For lunch, we give you the flexibility to eat what you want and introduced a lunch voucher scheme that can be used at nearby outlets.
You can either subscribe to the entire suite (that’s all the applications) or just one application on a monthly basis. Adobe offers a free 7-day trial for each application if you wish to try before you subscribe.
Just visit the Adobe Creative Cloud page and see what might be the best option for you.
FAQs
What happens if I am unwell on the morning of my course?
This is just fine from a course perspective since you can re-arrange again (according to our course schedule) for no fee.
How do I actually book my course?
Find the course you wish and then click on the ‘book now’ button and complete the form.
Can I jump immediately to an Advanced course?
Delegates attending an Advanced course must already possess at least 80% of the knowledge of the (previous) Introduction course. This is so you are not out of your depth in the Advanced course and also so other delegates are not affected.
Do I need to bring my own computer (classroom training)?
We supply all computers (macOS and Windows) at our training facility. You can bring your laptop along if you wish for anything work related but due to Adobe guidelines - delegates must use our computers to ensure the software meets our requirements.
We start at 9.30 and finish at 4.30pm with plenty of breaks and 40 minutes for lunch.
Are refreshments and lunch provided (classroom training)?
Yes - we provide all refreshments (tea, coffee, water, biscuits etc) and also lunch (in the format of a voucher which can be spent at many nearby locations).
- Start 9.30am - Finish 3.30pm.
- Exam 2pm
You will undertake a practice exam just before lunch, then undertake the certification exam in the afternoon.
Should you not pass the first time, you can retake the exam for no charge when the course runs again in our schedule.
Will I get a certificate for attending?
Yes - your Adobe authorised training centre certificate of attendance will be emailed after your training course.
What is the dress format for attending training (classroom training)?
Anything goes since our training caters for the creative industry - so wear what you like (although please consider the training rooms are air conditioned).
Will I be able to work to my own agenda in the training?
Our courses are scheduled and run with the same outline and aims. Whilst our trainers can field some ad hoc questions along the way we are unable to provide specific information on your project.
If you did wish to cover your own agenda why not arrange a private training course.
Can I park at the training facility (classroom training)?
There are numerous NCP car parks close to the facility although you might find it more cost effective parking further afield and travelling into the city centre on public transport.
Course Enquiry
Interested in one of our courses but need a couple of questions answered first?
Use our simple form below to send a message directly to our consultant trainers. We value great customer service and will endeavour to get back to you within the hour inside normal business hours.
If you require an immediate response then please do not hesitate to call 0845 527 0768.
Course dates
Remote
- 27 February–03 March 2023
- 27–31 March 2023
- 15–19 May 2023
- 12–16 June 2023
- 17–21 July 2023
London
- 15–19 May 2023
- 12–16 June 2023
- 17–21 July 2023
Option to split dates when booking
Location
Spaces, 60 St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4JS
Reviews
5
29 reviews
93%
recommended the course
Alistair was well paced in the delivery of the tuition, polite and knowledgable. The course itself covered ground i needed with extra tips in area's i had knowledge of. Well worth it, thank you!
Kathleen Knight. 1st February, 2023
It was probably the fastest 5 days of my life. Loved it!
Johnny Fortune. 29th January, 2023
Instructor was very professional and has a wealth of knowledge, he also has with a good sense of humour to keep the class engaging!
Talyan Yalkin. 17th January, 2023
The course was fantastic, I feel like I have learnt so much! The trainer was brilliant - really knowledgeable, and made sure that everyone was following what he was doing and that we understood it. Would recommend to anyone wanting to learn InDesign!
Jack Lewis. 9th January, 2023
I found the training course really useful and will be able to put in to practice what I have learnt.
Matt Igan. 15th December, 2022
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